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'''Artificial sweeteners''' such as [[saccharin]], [[cyclamate]] and [[aspartame]] are sweeter than [[sugar]] yet contain fewer calories. They are favored for [[tea]], [[coffee]] and carbonated beverages, but attempts were made to ban them.

'''Artificial sweeteners''' such as [[saccharin]], [[cyclamate]] and [[aspartame]] are sweeter than [[sugar]] yet contain fewer calories. They are often added to flavorings to make [[tea]], [[coffee]], [[candy]], and carbonated beverages ([[soda]]).  Corn Syrup and High Fructose Corn Syrup are also called artificial sweeteners, since they are cheap, heavily refined, and considered by many to also be more harmful to life than regular [[sugar]].  This is not an accurate classification of these, however, since they are plant extracts.

 

Many people try to avoid artificial and heavily processed sweeteners for health reasons.  Independent health researchers have found a number of problems that come from the consumption of each one, but the officials still say there is no risk, and that problems only arise when test animals are given too much of the sweetener.

Many people try to avoid artificial and heavily processed sweeteners for health reasons.  Independent health researchers have found a number of problems that come from the consumption of each one, but the officials still say there is no risk, and that problems only arise when test animals are given too much of the sweetener.

The battle of sweeteners dates back to 1958 when the Delaney Clause said that if an additive causes [[cancer]] in lab animals at high dosages, then no amount of it may be given to human beings. <ref>A 1958 federal law called the Delaney Clause prohibits the use of any food additive shown to cause cancer in animals or humans, no matter how small the amount of that additive in a given product. [http://www.junkscience.com/news/saccharin.html Saccharin May Be Delisted From NIH's Carcinogen List] - Laurie McGinley, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal, 1997 </ref> Others argue that "[[the dose makes the poison]]."

The battle of sweeteners dates back to 1958 when the Delaney Clause said that if an additive causes [[cancer]] in lab animals at high dosages, then no amount of it may be given to human beings. <ref>A 1958 federal law called the Delaney Clause prohibits the use of any food additive shown to cause cancer in animals or humans, no matter how small the amount of that additive in a given product. [http://www.junkscience.com/news/saccharin.html Saccharin May Be Delisted From NIH's Carcinogen List] - Laurie McGinley, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal, 1997 </ref> Others argue that "[[the dose makes the poison]]."